Autonomous Tractors And UAV’S Have Effectively Planted, Grown, And Harvested World’s First Hands-Free Crop In U.K.

U.K. researchers have successfully grown barley crops autonomously using self-driving tractors and UAV’s. The goal of this project was to establish that hands-free farming was possible or not. Eventually, this experiment was successful with crops autonomously seeded, sprayed, monitored and harvested considering the “Hands-Free Hectare” project a success.

Earlier UAV’s were used to monitor crops, retrieve samples which were later analyzed. The range of drone technology applied here includes using a drone’s autopilot for machinery on the ground, automating the tractors and chaser bins.

As a researcher on the project, Martin Abell said, “We only had a year to do this project so we had to pick something that didn’t require much development.” Now, researchers are planning to make this a reality on user-friendly budget for farmers.

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